![]() ![]() If you want to work in comic books as a professional, learn about the industry and the publishers you are targeting. I know, I know, it’s a chicken-or-egg thing of “I need something published to get something published,” but there are always small publishers and Kickstarter to help you get your first project off the ground. So creating a comic, having it drawn, and getting it published will give you an edge with editors. Although Quesada is former CCO, you can still learn a lot from this conversation.Ĭheck out the educational videos on our Comic Book School YouTube Channel.Īlso, explore our growing resources and our Kickstarter for Apocalypse Blvd by Comic Book School founder Buddy Scalera.įor writers, it’s even more difficult, since an editor can’t review your work at a convention. If you’re interested in breaking into Marvel Comics, check out this interview I did with Joe Quesada, chief creative officer at Marvel. Nothing proves that you can make comics like making actual sequential comics. You need to submit more than pinups and sketches. Just about every comix editor wants the same thing from aspiring artists: sequential comic book work samples. My name is Buddy Scalera and every year, I host panels at New York Comicon where I ask comic and book editors to offer advice about breaking in. As of this writing, Marvel Comics has a line on their submissions page that reads “…and if you have the right stuff…we’ll find you.”īreaking into comics is a real challenge for creators, particularly writers. ![]() ![]() Many comic book publishers do not want to be inundated with submission packages. This list of submission guidelines includes links to comic book publishers. You need to understand publisher submission guidelines, if you want to break into the comic books. ![]()
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